Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

See larger image here: Map from: Waddell, Steve. A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building. This week at the Packard Foundation, I had the opportunity to meet Steve Waddell whose research focuses on Global Action Networks.

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Forum One

MARCH 7, 2023

As we highlight our staff, we also want to highlight our clients doing important work celebrating women’s achievements, taking action for women’s equality, and embracing equity. Providing annual assessments of health policies The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Index critically evaluates and grades the annual impact of U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 29, 2021

However, according to the National Council of Nonprofits , values written on a page are not authentic until an organization’s actions demonstrate them. This act of solidarity is a starting point, but not valid unless the organization takes intentional actions to progress their mission to commit to DEI. Create a plan of action.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Learning: evaluating what is being said and what information is needed. ARC - social media team evaluate/watch everything and then send summary and highlights to team. Can’t wait!

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

They’re organized, actionable and tell a complete story of how you’re going to achieve your goals. That’s why we created this 2021 fundraising calendar worksheet and template to help you map out the best possible plan. The best fundraising plans are not ones that sit within the top drawer of your desk. Fundraising Goals.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent). consider mapping the common fields identified here to any data fields available via Application Programming Interface (API) in your public database. Miscellaneous (3 percent). Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent).

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Convey the mission as urgently needed and highly solvable to inspire hope and action.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

They are setting the stage for transparent communication when evaluating compatibility and complementary “value exchange between partners” are in effect. There are six strategic recommendations as noted in La Piana ’s consultation map to ensure your nonprofit’s cross-sector collaboration efforts get a strong start. Recommendations.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

7 Things Your Association Strategy Should Include Mapping out a strategy for your membership association isn’t a one-time process. Your plan should include scheduled, periodic evaluations—at least once a year, but more often would be better—that allow you and your team to reflect and adjust.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

If you’ve witnessed a company sponsor a charitable organization’s work, you’ve likely seen corporate philanthropy in action! Evaluating your mission statement: Your company’s mission statement reflects its purpose and goals, and can even relate to some nonprofit causes. Wondering how your small business can make a big impact?

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 10, 2021

Now, perform a system check on your current technology and evaluate the business process mapping and data conversions needed to complete your technology transition. We will work with you to understand your desired business processes, and we will map them into the NPSP functionality. Now – Take Initiative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

Whether you are facilitating a session with your board, staff, or hundreds of folks in a room, you’ll find ways to design instructional content that interests, engages, and inspires action. Peer Learning As A Prelude to Collective Action. Creating a Network Map. Evaluation. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Having tools in place to help you monitor, measure, and evaluate your work in real time will help you be more successful with your campaign, better engage with the community, and make more lasting change in the long run. Community Mapping. Action: The action or connection that ties it together.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Evaluate peer organizations to identify your peers’ strengths and weaknesses, compare them to yours, and find opportunities to differentiate your organization. Start by mapping the journey your supporters follow when engaging with your organization. Peer organizations. Does it help fulfill your organization’s overarching goals (e.g.,

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Sometimes it’s best to take a step back and evaluate if you’re doing everything possible to get your message heard. What’s an action you need to take to achieve your goal? Who on your team will be responsible for taking this action? When do they need to take this action? Was the data not convincing?

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 12, 2012

Anytime you look at a map, you first have to find your starting point. Create a plan of action. The action plan gives you detailed steps that must be taken in order to reach your goals. Taking action is the difference between wildly successful nonprofits and those than languish. Take action on your plan.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

There’s calls to action, story telling, questions and requests, and much more. This is where you can list actions, knowledge, messages or anything else you want to give to your audience or have them do. How have you mapped your conversations and messages at your organization? Because it isn’t JUST a conversation!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Sound advice on how to evaluate which tech projects need to be done the exact same way that a for-profit would and which ones can be done creatively, with a deep dive into what “creatively” means. Elements of the plan: technology plans should have at least three components: strategy, support, actions.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Who you speak to and how you structure your research has a big impact on the findings you gather and insights you can take action on. We’ll share benchmarks from other nonprofits you can use to evaluate your own communication. You may even be planning some audience research in the near future. appeared first on Forum One.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

ASW would argue that the platforms don’t own the relationships; the platforms do own the topic of conversation, or the point of interest—a point that should really be made explicit and especially viewed as actionable. most social ads require explicit action. create maps of communication streams. Activities. personal cpm.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

. “ Zoom fatigue is real, so it’s important when creating a virtual fundraising event to be mindful of duration and timing, as well as ensuring that all content offered within your event provides value and actionable takeaways. Map Out Your Email Strategy in Advance. How to Measure Success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

The participants were amazing and came up with some terrific strategies and action plans. The framework is based on Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, mapped to an organization’s hierarchy of needs: • Level 1: Functioning Factor – Do people have what they need to do their job?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A nonprofit is passion in action. The story of that passion in action brings in the donations that pay for your programs and services, which have an impact and change lives. How will you evaluate your results and measure impact? Map out as much as you can with as many details as possible. Build a solid foundation.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Thousands support your Cause on Facebook, and you’ve mapped out a killer Twitter strategy to attract a hundred new followers weekly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2009

Photo by Bart Maguire Note from Beth: I invited Stephanie to publish her blog post about the network evaluation discussion we had with Michael Quinn Patton yesterday. Our Evaluation Director Gale Berkowitz invited Michael to spend a day at the Foundation while he was out on the West Coast. Coordinate ? a disaster?

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

You can discover that early in the process and redirect your team toward more impactful actions. For example, you can see whether your team members’ actions measure up against those of officers at other organizations pursuing similar goals (or even other officers within your team). Moves Management.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I like to think of it this way: Organizations may have the research or data, the capacity and staff, to identify problems and opportunities, to build messages, calls to action and campaigns. That doesn’t mean organizations sit back, relinquish all responsibility and control, and wait for the community to take action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

These new collaborative initiatives pull together various players (often government, private sector and nonprofits) within an ecosystem, defined by issue and/or place, to coordinate and align their action to drive greater impact. How do we evaluate collective impact/ networks? Call this “social change 2.0”. How do networks learn?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

This process of reflection is embedded in the organization’s working style, not a random moment of inspiration after a program evaluation is completed. Everyone on staff understands that the questions are the best teachers and in an effort to sustain learning articulate questions and seek answers to those questions. delivered).

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

The evaluation and recognition of peer influence, something that is not only prevalent but inherent in social media, is something that help empower and sustain your communities AND increase your staff capacity. I’ve talked before about how to map your community and the messages within it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

A Communications Evaluation Guide by Asibey Consulting I've been exploring different ROI and communications evaluation approaches and how they might be adapted for social media strategies. To help, the Communications Network recently published a guide to help foundations and nonprofits develop plans to evaluate their communications.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

All of the words probably have different meanings to each of us, but as a term, I mean programming, services, media events or campaigns that emerge from the needs, actions and involvement of the community. You can see CDSI in many things, and most clearly in grassroots organizing or any non-organization led action.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While there are many technology consultants available, take the time to evaluate what they specialize in and the services they provide. Be sure to include evaluating consultants in your timeline, as this process can often take weeks to months. Technology consultants may offer services in a variety of areas. Set concrete guidelines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

This does not mean predicting the future (an impossible task if ever there was one) but instead means being attuned to rapid and continual shifts in the environment; continually evaluating and interpreting how organizations can best adapt; and experimenting with new responses and approaches.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

The term "philanthropy" has been in American parlance for a long time, referring to individual action, charitable behavior, and (more recently) the professional field of grantmaking foundations. Google Labs has a cool tool where you can map usage of words in published materials. Like this article? Get another! Click here to read B.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

We also discussed that it would be useful to have a map or fuller array of case studies that illustrate how the data might be used for different interventions. We brainstormed a few: Real-Time evaluation of communications strategy for a nonprofit or foundation. Brand and reputation monitoring for a nonprofit or foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2011

A theory of change is a specific and measurable description of a social change initiative that forms the basis for strategic planning, on-going decision-making and evaluation. A theory of change lays out the results and preconditions on a visual map that lays out the pathway for social change. How It Works.

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